Guest artist Peter Krantz in 'Harvey,' at the University of Northern Colorado.

The University of Northern Colorado presents “Harvey,” while Colorado State University takes on “The Kafka Project.” Here’s more on each project:

University of Northern Colorado’s “Harvey”
Guest artist Peter Krantz will star as Elwood P. Dowd in the University of Northern Colorado’s “Harvey,” directed by David Grapes, at 7 p.m. Dec. 1-3 and 2 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Langworthy Theater in Frasier Hall on campus.

Krantz has worked extensively in Canadian theater for more than 30 years. He has been a resident artist at the Shaw Festival in Ontario for 25 seasons, performing in more than 60 productions.

“It has been an utter delight to revisit the play Harvey with the very talented students at UNC.” he said. “I have been pleasantly surprised by the attitude and work ethic displayed by all the students I have had the good fortune to meet. It is no wonder this play won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945, beating out none other than Tennessee Williams’ ‘The Glass Managerie.’Read more…

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Film & theater critic Lisa Kennedy likes to watch -- a lot. She also has a fondness for no-man’s lands, contested territories and Venn Diagrams. She believes the best place to live is usually on the border between two vibrant neighborhoods. Where better to apply this penchant for overlap and divergence than covering film and theater – two arts that owe so much to each other yet offer radically idiosyncratic pleasures? In another life, Kennedy was an Obie judge. In this one, she’s been a Pulitzer Prize judge in criticism, an Independent Spirit Award jurist and Colorado’s first member of the National Society of Film Critics.

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